Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

I saw her once
in a crowded room
People pushing in the long hall
and she was small
her famous smile slight
her eyes staring out at all of us
they met all of us
at once
no matter where I was
in the room
Her eyes followed me
I snapped a photo of her
and moved on
bothered by the heat of the crowd
and the way her eyes lingered

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Ammanda Selethia Moore

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Ammanda Selethia Moore (they/elle) is a non-binary poet and writer who also teaches English at Norco College. Their poetry has been published in Synchronized Chaos, Literary Yard, and The Journal of Radical Wonder. They live with their partner in sunny southern California.

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  A Moment of Discovery
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  Beware the Hungry Child and Its Mother
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  Sleep Paralysis Demon or Religious Trauma?
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  afternoon daydream, 1997
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  kings of campus
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  The Enchanted Castle by Claude Lorrain
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  Late at Night
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  Slit in My Skirt
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  Princess Piano Box Full of Teeth
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  Alone in St. James’s Park